English 151-034/Max Olesen/Camosun College/Final Exam Essay/Fall 2020 (15%)

• Date: Thursday, 8:30 am to 9:50 am • All essays must be in written during class time. • Absences without a valid medical or personal reason will receive a zero. • Time Limit: 80 minutes in duration. • Length: 750-words to 1000-words in length; 5 paragraphs. Focus on fully developing and

explaining your ideas. • Items prohibited: Cell phones/smartphones/computers are not allowed. Any use of the

Internet is completely prohibited. Use of these at any time during the exam will result in an automatic grade of 0%.

• Items allowed: Pens and/or pencils; printed copy of articles with no additional notes; assignment instructions handout/outline; print dictionary; print thesaurus.

• Follow the document formatting of your chosen citation style (APA, MLA, etc.) including the following information: Title (Final Exam Essay), your name, the date, and our class info.

• If you are using APA documentation, you do not have to include an Abstract. • DOUBLE-SPACE YOUR WORK • When your essay is completed, hand in your completed exam booklet and this assignment

instructions handout/outline before you leave.

Texts: 1. “Rename British Columbia”, by Stephen Collis, from The Walrus https://thewalrus.ca/rename-british-columbia/, published Oct. 14, 2016 2. “Keep the ‘British’ in British Columbia”, by C.P. Champion, from The Walrus https://thewalrus.ca/keep-the-british-in-british-columbia/, published Oct. 31, 2016

Instructions: • In your essay, you will compare the two texts by Collis and Champion by answering and explaining: Which of the two texts do you find most persuasive based on its use of logos, pathos, and ethos and why?

Essay Structure: The essay structure below is the format that your essay MUST follow:

Introduction: Establish your topic with a clear topic sentence as your first sentence; briefly describe what you will be explaining and arguing in your three paragraphs; sum up your argument with a clear, direct thesis statement explaining your argumentative position. Thesis Statement Examples: 1. “Despite C.P. Champion’s strong objections, Stephen Collis’ thesis is more persuasive, due to the support of historically-based logos examples, compelling and personal pathos examples, and trustworthy and authoritative ethos examples.” 2. “While Stephen Collis’ proposal is interesting, C.P. Champion’s thesis is more persuasive due to the support of statistical logos examples, strongly-felt pathos examples, and populist ethos examples.”

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English 151-034/Max Olesen/Camosun College/Final Exam Essay/Fall 2019 (15%)

First Paragraph: Compare, using at least two grammatically-integrated direct quotes from the texts as your evidence, the persuasiveness of two logos examples (facts, data, statistics, true anecdotal evidence): one from Stephen Collis and one from C.P. Champion, which they use to support their respective thesis. Explain why one author’s logos example is more persuasive than the other, and why it contributes to the overall persuasiveness of their essay.

Second Paragraph: Compare, using at least two grammatically-integrated direct quotes from the texts as your evidence, the persuasiveness of two pathos examples (beliefs, values, ideals, emotions): one from Stephen Collis and one from C.P. Champion, which they use to support their respective thesis. Explain why one author’s pathos example is more persuasive than the other, and why it contributes to the overall persuasiveness of their essay.

Third Paragraph: Compare, using at least two grammatically-integrated direct quotes from the texts as your evidence, the persuasiveness of two ethos examples (personal expertise and/or connection to topic; other experts’ opinions and evidence about topic): one from Stephen Collis and one from C.P. Champion, which they use to support their respective thesis. Explain why one author’s ethos example is more persuasive than the other, and why it contributes to the overall persuasiveness of their essay.

Conclusion: Topic Sentence; restate thesis in concluding language; briefly summarize the points you made in your body paragraphs; concluding sentence.

Formatting Guidelines: 1. Write 5 complete paragraphs for a total of 750-1000 words. 2. Identify the title of texts and authors by their full name in your introduction paragraph. Put

the texts’ titles in quotation marks. Subsequently, you do not have to refer to the full title, and you can refer to the author by their last name only.

3. Give accurate examples in the form of direct quotes from your chosen essay to clearly and directly support your claims.

4. Integrate your quotes grammatically into your sentence structure. 5. Provide in-text citations that are correctly formatted according to your chosen citation style. 6. Format your document correctly according to your chosen citation style (APA, MLA, etc.).

Grading Consideration: • Formatting and instructions are followed correctly. • Spelling, grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure/syntax are correct and coherent. • Use an academic, formal, grammatically-correct style of writing. • Follow the essay writing conventions we have used in our assignments. Make your points of

support and your thesis clear, and utilize topic, support, transition, and concluding sentences as needed.

Thank you for your hard work throughout this semester! This has been a great class for me and hopefully for you as well. Best of luck with your future studies. – Max Olesen